IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harney

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2010KS083001

User Pedon ID: S10KS083001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 10N0477

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28273

Print Date: 5/20/2024

LOCATION

Location In Web Soil Survey

AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.

Location in SoilWeb

Location in Google Maps

Std. Latitude: 38.1006927

Std. Longitude: -99.9016647

Datum: WGS84

Township: 22 S

Range: 24 W

Section: 36

PLSS Details: 758 feet south and 939 feet west of northeast corner of northeast quarter

Location Description: Approximately 1 mile north and 0.5 miles west of Jetmore, Kansas.

Map Unit: Hb—HARNEY SILT LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES2613—Harney silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes

State: Kansas

County: KS083—Hodgeman

MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS083—Hodgeman County, Kansas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38099-A8—Jetmore, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: L. Bricknell, D. Wood, B. Tricks, R. Still, S. Graber, W. Wehmueller, J.C. Remley

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 1

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Harney

Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls

PSC - 27 to 77 cm.

Classificaton Date - 11/18/2009

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Field Measured Properties: 36 percent of control section clay

SITE

Parent Material: loess over Ogallala pedisediment

Landscape: upland

Landform: hillslope

Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 11/18/2009 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 25

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon argillic horizon secondary carbonates lithologic discontinuity	0—27 27—86 60— 158—	—27— —59— —- —-

Setting and Climate
Slope	Slope Length USLE	Upslope Length	Elev.	Corr. Elev	Aspect	MAP	REAP	FFD	MAAT	MSAT	MWAT	MAST	MSST	MWST	MFFP	PE Index	Climate Station ID	Climate Station Name	Climate Station Type
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
2	—	—	707	—	235	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01938; observed in trench

A2—16 to 27 centimeters (6.3 to 10.6 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01939; observed in trench

Bt1—27 to 43 centimeters (10.6 to 16.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 37 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 5 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01940; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 478215; continuous - phpvsfiid 478215

Bt2—43 to 60 centimeters (16.9 to 23.6 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 38 percent clay; weak fine prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 5 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01941; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 478214; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 478214

Btk—60 to 86 centimeters (23.6 to 33.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 5 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01942; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 478213; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 478213

Bk1—86 to 158 centimeters (33.9 to 62.2 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 31 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels and 2 percent fine prominent irregular very weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 10 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01943; observed in trench

2Bk2—158 to 177 centimeters (62.2 to 69.7 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01944; observed in trench

2Btk—177 to 200 centimeters (69.7 to 78.7 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses throughout and 3 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 3-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 10N01945; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 478211; patchy - phpvsfiid 478212; patchy - phpvsfiid 478211; patchy - phpvsfiid 478212